Complications of aesthetic laser surgery

Citation
D. Aghassi et al., Complications of aesthetic laser surgery, ANN PL SURG, 43(5), 1999, pp. 560-569
Citations number
74
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY
ISSN journal
01487043 → ACNP
Volume
43
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
560 - 569
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7043(199911)43:5<560:COALS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Aesthetic laser surgery is not risk free. It behooves the laser surgeon to become intimately familiar with the potential adverse effects of laser use to guard against and to minimize their occurrence. Moreover, patients must be thoroughly, clearly, and honestly educated about the procedure and its r isks so that their expectations are realistic and so that any complications that do occur can be recognized early and treated appropriately. This revi ew summarizes basic laser safety and discusses the nature of complications that may occur during continuous-wave, pulsed dye, pigment-specific, hair r emoval, and resurfacing laser procedures.